Playlist for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

Aria, "Honor and Arms"

Christopher Purves, br; The Sixteen, Orch/Harry Christophers
Handel: Samson

Coro COR-16008 (3)

George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon
Handel * Water Music * Royal Fireworks

Naxos 6.110115

Clarice Assad: "A Tide of Living Water"

Lara Downes, p

Potrait 19075920792

Eugene Bozza: "Sonatine" (1951)

Chicago Brass Quintet
Virtuoso Brass

Delos DE-1022

Valerie Coleman: Clarinet Sonatine

Michael Rowlett, cl; Stacy Rodgers, p
Close to Home

Albany TROY-1385

Francis Poulenc: Clarinet and Bassoon Sonata (1922)

1st mvt, Allegro

Melos Ensemble

EMI/Ang CDFB5-72646-2 (2)

Arash Safaian: "Beethoven Variations"

IX. "Florestan" (after "Fidelio")

Sebastian Knauer, p; Zürich Chamber Orch

Modern Recordings 538607292

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.3 in C, Op.72b

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur

Philips 416281-2 (3)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Military March #1

Minnesota Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Viennese Sommerfest!

Pro Arte CDD-224

Heitor Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 5 (1931)

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
VILLA-LOBOS, H.: String Quartets, Vol. 5 - Nos. 5, 10, 13 (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)

Dorian DOR-93211

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069

Brazilian Guitar Quartet
BACH, J.S.: Overture (Suite) Nos. 1-4 (arr. for guitar quartet) (Brazilian Guitar Quartet)

Delos DE-3254

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 48, "Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen"

Chorale, "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut"

Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
Bach Edition: Complete Works

Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-tableaux," Op. 39

No. 5 in e-flat

Nikolai Lugansky, p
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902297

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 1

Krystian Zimerman, p; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 * Zimerman / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Ozawa

DG B0001858-02

Adolph von Henselt: "Were I a Bird"

Sergei Rachmaninoff, p

Newport Classic NC-60030

Alexander Alyabiev: "The Magic Drum"

Suite

Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

MCA Classics AED-10370

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

Overture

Orch/Bruno Walter
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

CBS MK-42029

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in B-Flat, K. 9a

Lera Auerbach, p

Lyric Records 103

Claude Debussy: "Préludes", Book 1

VI. "Des pas sur la neige"

Jerry Wong, p
Of Motion and Dance

MSR Classics MS-1678

Claude Debussy: "Images", Set 1

I. "Reflets dans l'eau"

Paul Jacobs, p
Debussy: Images (1894), Estampes, Images Series I & II

Nonesuch 71365-2

Claude Debussy: "Page d'album"

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Debussy: Images, Etudes

London 460247-2 (2)

Arnold Bax: Symphony #5 (1932)

London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Bax: Symphony No. 5/ Russian Suite

Chandos CHAN-8669

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926

#4

Eugene Dowling, tuba; Edward Norman, p
The English Tuba

Pro Arte CDD-595

Victor Herbert: "Mlle Modiste"

Overture

Ohio Light Opera/Steven Daigle
Herbert: Mlle Modiste

Albany TROY-1146/47 (2)

Alfredo Catalani: "Ero e Leandro"

Rome Sym Orch/Francesco La Vecchia
CATALANI, A.: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino (Rome Symphony, La Vecchia)

Naxos 8.573072

Victor Herbert: Naughty Marietta (1910)

"Italian Street Song"

Beverly Sills, s; London Sym Orch/André Kostelanetz
Music Of Victor Herbert

Angel SFO-37160

Victor Herbert: "Hero and Leander," Op 33

Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander

Sony SK-52491

Victor Herbert: "Babes in Toyland"

"March of the Toys"

Tubadours
The Mighty Tubadours

Crystal CD-420

Georges Bizet: Song, "Berceuse sur un vieil air"

Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
Songs by Bizet

Hyperion CDA-66976

Edouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in d (1877)

Arto Noras, vc; Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri

Finlandia 544532

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

Aria, "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

Musicmasters MMD-60141-F

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

Overture

Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
Mozart: Overtures

Capriccio 10070

Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in B-Flat, Op 24/2, "Magic Flute"

Ian Hominick, p
Off the Beaten Path * Ian Hominick, Piano

MSR Classics MS-1341

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

Aria, "Alles fühlt der Liebe freuden"

Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

Musicmasters MMD-60141-F

Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in D, Op. 19, No. 6 (G 430), "Las parejas"

Sally Walker, f; Layton & Rayner, v's; King, vi; Marlin, vc
Stephen King, viola,
Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute

Avie AV-2698

Felix Mendelssohn: "Konzertstück" in D minor, Op. 114

Thea King, cl; Julian Farrell, basset hn; English Chamber Orch Winds
Classic Champagne - Salon Music for Wind Instruments

EMI CD-CFP-4555

Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

Waltz

London Sym Orch/Stanley Black
Khachaturian: Suites- Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade

Decca 448252-2 (2)

Johann Christoph Pezel: "German Dance Suite"

Canadian Brass
CBC Radio Years

Radio Canada Int'l PSCD-2016

Franz Berwald: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Sinfonie singulière"

I. Allegro fuocoso

Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Berwald: 4 Symphonies

DG 415502-2 (2)

Federico Moreno Torroba: "Sonatina trianera"

Los Romeros; Angelita Romero, castanets
Los Romeros Golden Jubilee Celebration

Decca 4780192 (2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin and Viola Duo No. 1 in G, K. 423

I. "Allegro"

Itzhak Perlman, v; Pinchas Zukerman, vi
Mozart: Duos For Violin & Viola / Perlman/Zukerman

RCA 60735-2-RC

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

I. "Poco sostenuto - Vivace"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 and 7 / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

OCO BEE-001

Douglas Lilburn: "Processional Fanfare"

New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
Lilburn Orchestral Works

Naxos 8.557697

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

III. "Clair de lune"

Walter Gieseking, p
BBC Legends: Walter Gieseking

BBC Music BBCL-4030-2

Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

Prelude for String Sextet & "Moonlight Music"

Vienna Phil/André Previn
Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Intermezzo, Salome, Capriccio

DG 437790-2

Joaquín Turina: "Sinfonía sevillana," Op. 23

III. Finale, "Fiesta en San Juan de Aznalfarache"

Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Music of Turina & Debussy

Telarc CD-80574

Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

Overture

London Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Overture to Beatrice et Benedict

Teldec 90855-2

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

Suite (Four Pieces)

Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p
Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos, Much Ado About Nothing Suite

DG 439886-2

Henri Rabaud: "The Merchant of Venice"

Suite No. 2

Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Leif Segerstam
Henri Rabaud: Orchestral Works

Marco Polo 8.223503

Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

London Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
Vaughan Williams & Delius

Chandos CHAN-8330

Johan Wagenaar: "Twelfth Night" Overture, Op. 36

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks

Decca 425833-2

Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

ASV CDWHL-2067

Darius Milhaud: "Suite française," Op. 248

Edmonton Wind Ensemble/Harry Pinchin
Snake Fence Country - Edmonton Wind Ensemble

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5165

Richard Pick: "Autumn Day Suite"

Jeffrey Kust, g

Kust recording

Edvard Grieg: "In Autumn" Overture, Op. 11

Royal Phil Orch/Sir Thomas Beecham
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Symphonic Dance No. 2, In Autum, Old Norwegian Folksong with Variations

EMI CDU5-66966-2

Frederick Delius: Dance Rhapsody No. 2

Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
Delius: Violin Concerto, Etc.

Argo 433704-2

Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)

William Albright, p
The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin

Musicmasters 7061-2-C (2)

Walter Piston: "The Incredible Flutist" Suite

Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
Spirit of the American Range

Pentatone PTC-5186481

Antonio Vivaldi: "L'estro armonico" Concerto No. 2 in G minor, R. 578

Soloists; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
Vivaldi & Bach

Naïve OP-7367

Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Peer Gynt No. 1 & 2, Lyric Suite, Sigur Jorsalfar

DG 437523-2

Jean Françaix: "Le gay Paris"

Prague Wind Quintet
Françaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger

Praga PRD-250126

André Campra: "Messe de Requiem"

I. "Introït: Requiem"

Ensemble Correspondances/Sebastien Daucé
André Campra: Messe de Requiem & Les Maîtres de Notre-Dame de Paris

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902679

Franz Joseph Haydn: "Sinfonia concertante" in B-Flat

Gringolts, v; Altstaedt, vc; Bernardini, ob; Whelan, bn; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
Peter Whelan, bassoon,
Mozart: Concertos & Haydn: Sinfonia concertante / Arcangelo

Hyperion CDA-68090

Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"

Allemande, Sarabande, & Gigue

English String Orch/William Boughton
The Spirit of England

Nimbus NI-5210/3

Florence Price: "Scenes in Tin Can Alley"

Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
Scenes in Tin Can Alley

Blue Griffin BGR-615

Antônio Carlos Gomes: "Il Guarany"

Overture

Beethovenhalle Orch/John Neschling
Antônio Carlos Gomes: Il Guarany

Sony S2K-66273 (2)

Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto "a cinque" in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2

II. "Adagio"

Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock's Players/Trevor Pinnock
Baroque Concertos

Warner 2173227329

Antonín Dvořák: "Czech Suite," Op. 39

Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", Czech Suite, Slavonic Dances

Warner 66656

Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

No. 15 in D-flat, "Raindrop"

Eric Lu, p
Eric Lu: Chopin, Brahms, Schumann

Warner 9029529234

Henry Purcell: "The Indian Queen"

Instrumental Suite

Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

Sony SK-66169

Franz Schubert: Choral Song, "Nachtgesang im Walde," D 913

Berlin Radio Men's Cho/Dietrich Knothe
Schubert: Choral Music - Secular Vocal Works - Opp. 11, 17, 28, 131, 134, 135, 139, 167

Capriccio 10152

Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, "The Four Temperaments"

San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3

Decca 430280-2

Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

January-March

Vassily Primakov, p
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op 37bis, Grand Sonata, Op 37

Bridge 9283

Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

Decca 414487-2

Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

Lucerne Festival Orch/Claudio Abbado
Debussy: La Mer; Mahler: Symphony No. 2

DG B0003397-02 (2)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

V. "Chaconne"

José Fernández Bardesio, g
Bach & Barrios

Hänssler Classic HC-21047

Franz Liszt: "Héroïde funèbre," Symphonic Poem No. 8

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Liszt: Tone Poems, A Faust Symphony

EMI CDFB5-68595-2 (2)

Arthur Bliss: "The Royal Palaces"

"Joust of the Knights in Armour"

BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss

Chandos CHAN-9896

Richard Strauss: "Burleske" in D minor

Rudolf Serkin, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Rudolf Serkin, The Legendary Concerto Recordings 1950-1956

Sony SM3K-47269 (3)

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Künstlerleben (Artist's Life)," Op. 316

Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
Famous Strauss Waltzes

EMI CDC7-47052-2

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

III. Finale, "Lento assai - Allegro vivace"

Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
Rachmaninoff for Two

DG 4864805

Mel Bonis: Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64

Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p
Day & Night: Modern Flute & Piano Duos by Women Composers

Albany TROY-1829

Ann Ronell: "Willow Weep for Me"

Lara Downes, p
Holes in the Sky

Portrait 19075920792

Michael Haydn: Horn Concertino in D

Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian
Horn Concertos

Berlin Classics 0300647-BC

Samuel Zyman: Flute Sonata No. 1

II. "Lento e molto espressivo"

Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p
Flauta Andina

Naxos 8.579125

Thomas Busby: Piano Sonata in E, Op. 1, No. 4

Ian Hobson, p
The London Piano School, Volume I: Georgian Classicists

Arabesque Z-6594

Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, D. 87

Quatuor Mosaïques
Schubert: Quatuor D 87, Op. 125 No. 1, Quatuor D 804, Op. 29 No. 13

Astrée E-8580

George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

Alicia de Larrocha, p
Mozart, Handel, Bach-Busoni

Decca 417372-2

Darius Milhaud: "Le carnaval d'Aix," Op. 83b

Final

Claude Helffer, p; French National Orch/David Robertson
Milahud: Le Carnaval d'Aix Op. 33b, 5 Etudes Op. 63, Concertos No. 1 and No. 4, Ballade Op. 61

Erato 45992-2

George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"

Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata
George Gershwin: An American In Paris, Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture, Cuban Overture/Eduardo Mata

RCA RCD1-4551

Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music

Arte Nova 34022-2

Charles Trenet: "Vous oubliez votre cheval"

Marc-André Hamelin, p
In a State of Jazz

Hyperion CDA-67656

Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 16 in D, SchW A2:006

Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
Scheibe: Sinfonias

Chandos CHAN-0550

Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

Overture and Venusberg Music

New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
Wagner

Sony SK-45749

Baldassare Galuppi: Flute Concerto in D

James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Italian Flute Concertos

RCA 61164-2

Alexander Glazunov: "Spring," Op 34

Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Schermerhorn
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Marco Polo 8.220309

Vítězslav Novák: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 12

Graffe String Quartet; Michiko Otaki, p
Dawn of Czech Modernism

Český Rozhlas CRO-545-2

Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 3, No. 1

Montreal Baroque Orch/Joël Thiffault
Geminiani, F: Concerti grossi, Op. 3

Atma ACD2-2122

Bronislaw Kaper: "The Swan"

Suite #2

MGM Studio Orch/Johnny Green
The Swan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Film Score Monthly Vol, 7, No. 5

Igor Stravinsky: "Symphonies of Wind Instruments"

New Zealand Sym Orch members/En Shao
Stravinsky: Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements

Naxos 8.553403

Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in F, Op. 3, No. 4

Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman, v's
Mozart: Duos For Violin & Viola / Perlman/Zukerman

RCA 60735-2-RC

Leoš Janáček: "The Excursions of Mr Brouček"

"Those Who Are the Warriors of God"

New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
Janáček: Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1

Naxos 8.750555